On the eve of the release of Buckcherry’s eleventh studio album ‘Roar Like Thunder’, Andrew Slaidins caught up with Steve Dacanay, guitarist for the band to talk all things Buckcherry including Stevie’s twentieth anniversary with […]
It’s been a coming of age so to speak since ROACHFORD last toured Australia. Twenty-one years to be exact. This tour had to be one of my most anticipated tours of the year. I missed […]
For some tonight could be considered a dose of nostalgia, a re-reading of a chapter in life’s book, the soundtrack to a time passed. Like all songs that have become the soundtrack to life they […]
Two weeks out from The Night Flight Orchestra’s first show of the ‘Moon Over Australia 2025’ tour Andrew Slaidins sat down with frontman Bjorn Strid and talked about the history and success of the band, […]
What an amazing night of rock n roll!!! I will simply preface this review with that statement. Australia has this vast array of talent, some artists we know, some we already love, some we don’t […]
Kicking off things tonight are Melbourne’s own Bengal Tigers who first started in the late 70’s, their career is one that should have been huge. In Melbourne’s metal scene in the Bengal Tigers were tipped to […]
Bendigo Racecourse is the site for the opening day/night of The Red Hot Summer Series 2 and what an amazing site to hold it on. I have never been here before but will definitely be […]
Randy Rhoads’ name is possibly one of the best and most influential players of a genre. Apart from Edward Van Halen there are few that have inspired as many bedroom guitar plays and turned them […]
Who would have thought that on a balmy Thursday April evening you could find a band that simply blows you away. I had been given the word on good advice that The Satisfaction were a […]
The ghoul of cool is back with new music and as you would have already seen and heard. Wednesday has a new album ‘Mid Death Crisis’ out on April 25 and we sat down to […]
The man who fronted Fear Factory for over two decades is releasing new music and hitting the road which includes a visit to Australia this June for four intimate shows. With two singles out we […]
Yellowcard are a band that captivated us with their debut major label release and the reason for the current tour and this interview. The album is ‘Ocean Avenue’ and it’s 20th Anniversary is being celebrated […]
This has been a show that has been marked in my calendar since I first got word of it and since then have been counting down the days until tonight. Some might call it a […]
South Australian Metalcore band Life Pilot released their debut self-titled album in late March and are about to head out on an eight date national tour starting late April. I caught up with drummer Eli […]
The Fray are returning to Australia for a series of shows celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their “How To Save A Life” album. We caught up with Drummer Ben Wysocki for a chat ahead of […]
The first night of ROAR Festival saw us nestled into Grey Street, St. Kilda’s hidden gem George Lane, an intimate and quirky classic wine bar that houses regular intimate shows. What a perfect location to […]
This glorious last day of Summer stared out before gates opened with an invitation to view and visit the Slipknot Museum. The Museum itself is nothing new to the festival. Last year I was also […]
Saturday March 1st saw day one of the return of the Melbourne Guitar Show after a taking a twelve-month hiatus. A change of location to the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds also showed another change in the […]
The Rockpit caught up with Zach Householder, guitarist for Whitechapel who are about to unleash their most brutal offering ‘Hymns In Dissonance’ in their twenty year career. We spoke about writing and the idea behind […]
When you get a chance to sit down and chat with the frontman of a band that heavily influenced your journey into metal you simply don’t say no. In 1983 a relatively unknown German band […]
Spiderbait are one of those bands that became burned into the Australian psyche in the 1990’s. They could do no wrong, they were all over Triple J on high rotation, regulars on Recovery and major […]
For anyone who knows who Tim Ripper Owens is, you will be familiar with the fact that he is Heavy Metal royalty. If you aren’t, then it will become evident quickly but I’m jumping the […]
2024 saw the beginning of a new era for this Western Australian band of brothers. 2024 was also the year where in this new era three became four. “Scars” is the bands third full studio […]
We caught up with Canadian Vocalist & Guitarist Morgan Lander of Kittie just ahead of the bands tour of Australia with Ukrainian metal juggernauts Jinjer which starts this week in Brisbane. This tour has been […]
Opening tonight’s show was Jaron Jay, Melbourne soul/funk singer/guitarist and his band. Jay who from the moment he took to the stage has this aura about him. Was it his sense of fashion or what […]
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